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// By Matías Fidemraizer (http://www.matiasfidemraizer.com)
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namespace Comkarl.Web.Compression
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents a text compressor which reduces its size depending on
    /// its implementation.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class TextCompressor
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Compresses a given text.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="input">
        /// The whole text to compress.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// A compressed version of given text.
        /// </returns>
        public abstract string Compress(string input);
    }
}